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more bees than would cover three to five" 

 frames, depending upon the weather. 2. 

 No definite answer can be given to this. 

 It would depend very much upon circum- 

 stances. Somewhere between May 15 

 and June 30. 



E. S. Lovesy— 1 and 2. This would 

 depend upon conditions, such as loca- 

 tion, weather, honey-flow, etc. Here in 

 Utah we do not experiment with the 

 bees in March, only to see that they 

 have sufficient stores. 



W. G. Larrabee — I have never experi- 

 mented on this, but should say a colony 

 with two good frames of brood March 

 21 would make a good colony by June 

 10, or the beginning of the honey-flow 

 in this locality (Vermont). 



Mrs. J. M. Null — I have no experience 

 in placing over a strong colony to secure 

 heat, and by using a division-board 

 without this extra precaution, the 

 queen's capacity may be reacht by the 

 last of May or first of June. 



O. O. Poppleton — 1 and 2. No definite 

 answer can be given to these questions. 

 Seasons vary too much as regards 

 weather and honey-flow. Some years 

 such a colony would build up in half the 

 time it would other seasons. 



G. M. Doolittle — It depends upon the 

 season and size of frame. As a rule, 

 such " fussing " does not pay the practi- 

 cal apiarist. Some seasons bees build 

 up rapidly. Often it Is June 15 in 

 this locality before there are 10 frames 

 having brood in them in any hive. 



D. W. Heise — 1. In the absence of 

 more data as to the amount of comb 

 space occupied with larvfe and eggs in 

 addition to the brood mentioned, my 

 guess would be aboutdouble the number. 

 2. All depends on circumstances. 



J. E. Pond— 1 and 2. The above 

 questions are of such a nature that no 

 intelligent answer can be given. It is 

 something like asking, "How big is a 

 piece of chalk '?" No data is given as to 

 locality and general climatic conditions, 

 consequently " I pass." 



G. W. Demaree 0, my friend, there 

 are too many •' ifs " about your ques- 

 tions. How about the weather? How 

 about the honey and pollen resources? 

 Such a nucleus as you describe, in my 

 climate (Kentucky), usually would get 

 ready for the white clover harvest in 

 about eight weeks from March 21. 



P. H. Elwood — This is too deep a 

 question for me. It will depend upon 

 the weather, the amount of stores in the 

 hive, etc. Here (New York) there was 

 not a large increase of brood during the 

 three weeks following March 21. That 

 amount of maturing brood May 21 would 

 usually be followed in three weeks by a 

 hive full. 



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